What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name MESSENGER, KEVIN A | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $138,628.30 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MEARA, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $138,626.04 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLOSS, BARBARA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $138,623.46 | Date 09/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARCROW, RICHARD | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $138,621.97 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORGONE, BRUCE C | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $138,621.42 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANDERMAN, PHILIP | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $138,621.29 | Date 05/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCA, JEFFREY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,620.70 | Date 12/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONSANTI, KIM M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $138,620.29 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATSEN, JOHN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $138,618.12 | Date 04/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCHWAT, JOHN B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,615.73 | Date 02/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORAN, CRAIG J | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $138,615.38 | Date 02/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, ROBERT C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,614.65 | Date 09/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI RUZZA, SANDRA A | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $138,611.50 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STURM, EDWARD F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,611.02 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWAGGARD, MARK A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $138,610.42 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENZFEIER, ERIC F | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $138,609.39 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMOYEDNY, PAUL C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $138,604.09 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, MARK O | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,602.75 | Date 07/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENTRASTI, ROBERT A | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $138,601.63 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORVATH, JEAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $138,599.40 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAGUIT, NONA LUZ F | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $138,599.10 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRITT, JEFFREY A | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $138,595.75 | Date 02/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAPSALIS, LEONARD G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $138,592.10 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALOTA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $138,592.10 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGH, VANESSA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $138,592.10 | Date 04/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIN, DONNA ANN-MARIE | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $138,591.75 | Date 04/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEDLECKI, DAVID P | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $138,591.19 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, GORDON W | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $138,591.18 | Date 10/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAKES, AMY B | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $138,585.57 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPICA, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $138,584.46 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, MARK J | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,584.42 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLICKAL, LEELAMMA K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $138,583.59 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRORKEN, ROBERT E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $138,582.60 | Date 11/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORIDO, MARYGRACE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $138,581.77 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGONAFER, GIRMA | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $138,581.52 | Date 10/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, LORRAINE | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $138,580.56 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, JILL J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $138,579.88 | Date 10/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $138,579.06 | Date 06/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, KEVIN D | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $138,577.53 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANT, JOHN P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $138,574.38 | Date 01/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUNGIS, CHESTER P, III | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $138,573.77 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, KIA K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $138,573.20 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,567.66 | Date 12/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCHNER, JOSEPH G | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $138,567.54 | Date 02/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COAKLEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $138,563.09 | Date 11/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMINARA, MELISSA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $138,559.49 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC TAVEY, MAUREEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,559.19 | Date 08/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YORK, ANTHONY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $138,554.00 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, LARRY G | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $138,549.90 | Date 11/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARWANTA, KHALID | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $138,549.86 | Date 10/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLUMENSTOCK, ALBERT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,547.70 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZEGLEN, JOSEPH J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $138,538.29 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANYKO, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $138,535.97 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $138,533.62 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMESI, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | Amount $138,533.28 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, GREGORY A | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $138,532.51 | Date 05/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FABRIZIO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $138,531.35 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPLANTE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,528.90 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROH, EUGENE R, JR | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $138,528.71 | Date 11/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARIF, MARYAM | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $138,528.66 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, MICHAEL A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,528.29 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, PARMANAND | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $138,525.90 | Date 07/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLMIER, ROBERT O | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,525.03 | Date 11/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, TERENCE H | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $138,524.77 | Date 01/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, RICHARD J | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $138,524.67 | Date 01/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,521.22 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMMERFORD, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,515.87 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOGELMANN, MARY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,514.39 | Date 03/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACHMAR, WILLIAM M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $138,512.57 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, THOMAS R | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $138,511.06 | Date 05/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURICK, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $138,509.02 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, RANDY J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $138,508.56 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCO, ROBERT W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,507.02 | Date 07/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, JOHN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,506.62 | Date 06/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAITHWAITE, ERIN Y | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $138,504.13 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROCKETT, STEVEN W | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, REGINALD J | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULKIN, PETER M | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATWIN, JOSEPH L | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLONEY, KATHERINE A | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORA, FRANK M | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGONES, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 08/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACHTE, PAUL D | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, EDDIE L | Employer name Ninth Judicial District Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWTHORNE, DAVID H | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALERMO, CATHERINE J | Employer name Office of Court Admin Normal | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 03/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHFIELD, MARK W | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPANELLA, OTTAVIO | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MEZZA, TRACI L | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOERN, JAMES E | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, ROBERT W | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 06/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRSCHNER, PHILIP W | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDEN, DANIEL L | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 02/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, WILLIAM R | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, RICHARD M | Employer name Third Jud Dep Judges | Amount $138,500.00 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, DENNIS C, II | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,499.65 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIFFIN, PAUL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $138,499.24 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAC KINNON, SHAWN M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $138,499.24 | Date 08/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALYERDS, BRANDON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $138,496.28 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, JOHN P | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $138,496.00 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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